okinawamike

MattG, I found what may be (for your local area) a good deal for an entire Klipsch Synergy Series package from Hi-Fi City. http://www.hificiti.com/ I also saw on another Board that many people had bought theirs at good prices from Circuit City. Yamaha RX-V2095 Kenwood DV-4900 Klipsch SF-2, SC-1, SS-1, SB.5, KSW-12 Mike

Domain, I'm new to this as well, but after my research I went with a Yamaha RX-V2095, Klipsch SF-2 Mains, SC-1 Center, SS-1 Rear Effects, KSW-12 Subwoofer, and SB.5 for Front Effects. I also have a small area (15' x 15' or so) for listening, and in my opinion I did not go wrong. The sound is great, very clear and crisp, I dont hear any distortion - all in all, very nice. I dont think you will be going wrong with your speaker choice! By the way, DougDrake gave me some advice on a different topic and he definitely seems to know his stuff. Mike

Doug, Thanks alot, that cleared the whole buisness immensely. I appreciate it! Mike

The reason I ask (and I could be getting my technology confused here) is that with the new DVD-Audio format, the discs are encoded at 24-bit with 96 KHz sampling. The manual for my DVD player states that if your speakers can not handle higher frequencies, keep the filter set to a maximum sample of 60 Khz. I would like to experience the full range of audio, which I may lose if I keep the filter set at 60 KHz vice 110 KHz. The Klipsch site states the following specs for the Synergy series: (I'll give the SF-2 for simplicity) Sensitivity: 96db@1 watt/1 meter What does that mean, anyway? Apparently, DVD-Video has the soundtracks encoded at a much lower sampling rate, lower than 60 Khz. I realize that 96 KHz is getting above what my ears can hear anyway, I just want to know if I can utilize the full potential of the format. Does that make sense? By the way, tljraj, the exchanges dont have the sales they used to. I did find my receiver on sale there, but I have bought my DVD player from a local Kenwood store (AAFES doesnt even carry it) and I got my speakers online from other dealers. Okinawa is great though, thank God for COLA, how else would I pay for all this!!!!!!! I live off base, near Awase, and work on Kadena. It is an experience just trying to find enough transformers and cables to hook this stuff up! Great time though!!! Dont ever want to leave!!!

Anyone, I have Klipsch SF-2 Mains, SC-1 Center, SS-1 Rear Surround and SB.5 for Front Effects. Also, I use the Kenwood DV-4900 DVD Audio/Video player. I need to know if these Synergy speakers can reproduce up to 110 KHz. Thanks, Mike